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Having ridden to orbit wearing a heart catheter, Drew Gaffney (left) offers his arm to Jim Bagian and Millie Hughes-Fulford for one of many blood draws. Photo Credit: NASA, via Joachim Becker/SpaceFacts.de A quarter-century ago, this week, one of the most complex scientific research missions ever undertaken rocketed into orbit aboard Space Shuttle […] 
Carrying the bus-sized Spacelab module in her payload bay, Columbia drifts above Earth in June 1991. Twenty-five years ago, this week, STS-40 marked the shuttle program’s first mission fully devoted to the life sciences. Photo Credit: NASA For Bryan O’Connor, commander of the space shuttle’s first dedicated life sciences mission, the key concern […] The Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS)-2 mission in late 1993 provided a platform for dozens of medical and biological investigations, the data from which proved critical for future expeditions to Mir and the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA Twenty years ago this week, one of the most complex and controversial space shuttle flights […] Columbia begins her 14-day mission on 18 October 1993. Photo Credit: NASA “John, we’re going to fly you one of these days,” Launch Director Bob Sieck called over the communications loop on 15 October 1993. “Just hang in there.” “Nice try,” replied STS-58 Commander John Blaha, as he and his six crewmates prepared […] |
 Launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 with Starlink 17 has been delayed once again. Currently the new launch date is To Be Determined. Click here for more details...  |
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